Thin Mints, Trefolds, Tag-A-Longs or Do-Si-Dos? What’s your favorite? Each year the entrepreneurial green army comes out in drones and floods your office and neighborhood with sign up sheets to sell their delicious delights to raise money for their troop. While the door-to-door sales will still be in full force, the Girl Scouts are going … Read more
“Hands up, don’t shoot!” and “I can’t breathe!” are phrases that have donned the news headlines and spoken by protesters on city streets around the country in response to the deaths of two unarmed black men, Michael Brown and Erik Garner, killed by white police officers. In Ferguson, Missouri, the death of Michael Brown has generated … Read more
You’ve been there, long waits at the emergency room, sometimes four hours or more. At some point, you might reconsider the visit and find another way to deal with a minor situation. To solve this problem and avoid trips to urgent care, there’s Healthiest You — a solution that aims to be the Uber for … Read more
In the December 2014/January 2015 Issue of National Geographic Kids, 5 Smart Toys are featured and Scottsdale’s Beamz Interactive, a leading developer of state-of-the-art interactive music products, was identified as a gadget that uses cool science to bring great experiences to kids. The technology and science used in the Beamz laser controller enables kids to … Read more
Today the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) announced the 25 AZ-based semifinalists in the Arizona Innovation Challenge all vying for a shot at the big prize money. The AZ Innovation Challenge is a semi-annual business plan competition awarding $1.5M in the Spring and $1.5M in the Fall, giving startups a shot at winning up to $250,000. … Read more
First it sells off their buildings, and today IO, the second-largest private data center company in the world, announced plans to chop itself into two independent companies. The new company BASELAYER, born out of IO, will headquarter in Chandler, AZ. Their focus will be IO’s modular data center hardware and data center infrastructure management software. IO will … Read more
Amazon seems to be getting into the robot business even more these days. Last December e-retail giant Amazon announced that they plan to deliver packages to your doorstep by use of unmanned aerial vehicles (a.k.a. drones) and today they unveiled their new 8th generation fulfillment center which use robots from Kiva Systems, among other high-tech, to … Read more
Black Friday is just around the corner, and with it comes the rush for sales, long lines and crazy prices. Take a look at some of these tips for Black Friday and Cyber Monday and keep an eye on these sales to help you survive the biggest shopping weekend of the year. [youtube]http://youtu.be/57FU3sypQyw[/youtube] Don’t rush … Read more
Rivalry week is upon us! So gear up and head out to the big games with these awesome gadgets! Who are you cheering for this weekend? MOBILE APPS Grub Runner mobile app Grub Runner is a company that provides what CEO Sameer Khan calls an “end-to-end solution” to the problem of concessions at games. … Read more
Yi-Chang Chiu, an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Arizona (UA) and the founder of Metropia Inc., a Tucson-based startup with roots in the UA, recently received the patent for the “active traffic and demand management system” he created for the mobile app Smartrek. Chiu’s startup, Metropia Inc., has an exclusive license … Read more